Attachment for locomotives



(NO Model.)

LA PAYETTE- W. PAG'E. ATTACHMENT FOB. LOCOMOTIVES- No. 292,504. PatentedJan. 29, 1884.

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UNIT STATES LA FAYETTE WILLSON PAGE, OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA;

' ATTACH M ENTIFOIRI LOCOMOTIVES.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LA FAYETTE W. PAGE,

I a citizen of the United States, residing at Shreveport, in the countyof Oaddo and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and usefulAttachment for Locomotives, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an attachment for locomotives, to be used forfrightening horses and cattle off the track; and it consistsin theimproved construction and arrangement of the said attachment, which willbehereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim. I

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 11's a perspective view of alocomotive equipped Witlrmy improved attachment, illustrating theoperation of the same. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment and suchparts of the locomotive as are necessary toillustrate its arrangement,and Fig. Sis a longitudinal vertical sectional View. 3 1

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures. 4

A in the drawings designates the locomotive, and B is the boiler of thesame.- The front end of the boiler has a forwardly-projecting tube, G,to which a nozzle, D, is connected by asuitable hinge-joint, E, in snchamanner as to be capable of swinging in a horizontal plane. The tube 0has a stop-cock, F, provided with an arm or handle, G, having at itsouter enda crank, H, to which is pivoted an operatingrod, I, extendingrearwardly to within con- Venient reach of the engineer. Suitablebrackets or bearings, J, are provided for the armor shaft G. The nozzleDhas alaterally-projecting arm, K, to which is hinged an operatingrod,L, extending rearwardly to the engineers cab.

part Of Letters Patent No. 292,504, dated January 29, 1884. Applicationfiled March 26, 1883. (No model.)

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from theforegoing description,

taken in connection with the drawings hereto.

annexed. By means of the rod I the stop-cock F may be opened, thuspermitting the water to escape from the boiler throughthe nozzle D,through which'it is driven, by the steampressure in the boiler, with agreat degree of force, and to a considerable distance, so that it may beemployed for frightening horses and cattle off the track. By means of.the rod L the nozzle may be adjusted so as to throw the stream of waterin other than a straight line, so that the device may be-advantageouslyused on curves.

I am aware-that a locomotive has been provided with a self-loadingsteam-gun with a spring-catch for holding the balls in the chamber ofthe piece. A stop-cock and adjusting sight means, as shown and describedin Letters Patent No. 51,229, dated November 28, 1865,

.is 'not new, and such is not myinvention; but

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters'Patent of theUnited States The combination, with a locomotive-boiler,

of a tube, 0, extending in front of the same, a nozzle, D, connected tosaid tube by a hingejoint, E, the stop-cock F in tube 0, the arm LAFAYETTE WI LsON' PAGE. Witnesses:

HENRY J AOoBs, WM. W. MADISON.

